I'd go for something like this.

Very attacking-minded formation, but then again, we are United ;)

Also, for the bigger games we could put either Kagawa or Hazard on the bench and sit Carrick and Jones deep as two holding players to make the team more compact in the centre.

Just imagine having a front line like that, all inter-changing and wreaking havoc up front *homer simpson drool*

Rafael====Smalling====Vidic====Evra

========Strootman===Carrick=======

Nani=========Kagawa=======Hazard

=============Rooney=============

This line-up, IMO, would win a lot of silverware. However, if we were to get Hazard and Kagawa, it would mean probably getting rid of either Young, Nani or Valencia.

Or SAF could try and convert Kagawa into a box to box midfielder. Then the lin-up would probably look lik this:

=============De Gea=============

Rafael====Smalling====Vidic=====Evra

=========Kagawa====Carrick=======

Nani==========Hazard========Young

=============Rooney=============

Kagawa could rotate with Cleverley and Carrick rotate with Strootman.

shlongconnery:

Fluid front 4, a no striker formation, this would definitely work, Rooney would not be a lone striker as all 4 players would swap and change...

Another thing, for people talking about the likes of Young, Nani, Welbeck and Chicharito, you do remember at one time we had Rooney, Ronaldo, Berbatov, Nani, Tevez, Giggs, Park vying for positions, now, potentially we would have Rooney, Chicharito, Welbeck, Hazard, Young, Valencia and Kagawa. I'm not adding Giggs or Park because let's be honest here, they'll probably only start about 12-15 games next season, probably a few more for Giggs.

Manchester1989Utd:

manoob:

Manchester1989Utd:

manoob:

Manchester1989Utd:

Not a chance we will rely on Carrick as a lone holding midfielder, he'd get battered, because he's not that efficient defensively, he can tackle by all means but he's not a DM, he needs a deeper central player sat along side him to be at his most effective. I think we will roll with a 4-2-3-1 .... Rooney will by no means be a lone striker though, it will just look that way on paper, because Kagawa plays almost as a support striker for Dortmund and Hazard loves to join in the attack as well rather than as a winger, with Valencia providing a permenant wide option with those delightful crosses. It will chop and change over the season but for me a 4-2-3-1 should be the main formation next season

thats my formation too! used fm2012 and it passed all the tests here..:)

Interesting how many of you seem to favour Hazard centrally and Kagawa as a wider player. Kagawa would be better centrally IMO, Hazard's a bit quicker across the ground than Kagawa so would be more useful having him out wide, where as Kagawa has a better range of passing which is always key to a good attacking midfielder. By all means he'll chop and change with Rooney and Kagawa over the course of the game but I see him as the most 'winger' like of the two

well i think they can change positions during games to make it harder to defend against! thats what i would do any way so when kagawa comes in the middle hazard fill the wing....

Set Hazard's specific training focus to crossing then corners on FM12 for the first season or two, then get him to improve his finishing and free kicks, worked a treat for me. I'm heading into my 4th season now and he's unplayable as wide attacker. He scored 32 and 39 assists in all comps in my last season.

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I cant see any reason which makes a lineup consisting of Kagawa & Hazard impossible

manoob:

Manchester1989Utd:

manoob:

Manchester1989Utd:

Not a chance we will rely on Carrick as a lone holding midfielder, he'd get battered, because he's not that efficient defensively, he can tackle by all means but he's not a DM, he needs a deeper central player sat along side him to be at his most effective. I think we will roll with a 4-2-3-1 .... Rooney will by no means be a lone striker though, it will just look that way on paper, because Kagawa plays almost as a support striker for Dortmund and Hazard loves to join in the attack as well rather than as a winger, with Valencia providing a permenant wide option with those delightful crosses. It will chop and change over the season but for me a 4-2-3-1 should be the main formation next season

thats my formation too! used fm2012 and it passed all the tests here..:)

Interesting how many of you seem to favour Hazard centrally and Kagawa as a wider player. Kagawa would be better centrally IMO, Hazard's a bit quicker across the ground than Kagawa so would be more useful having him out wide, where as Kagawa has a better range of passing which is always key to a good attacking midfielder. By all means he'll chop and change with Rooney and Kagawa over the course of the game but I see him as the most 'winger' like of the two

well i think they can change positions during games to make it harder to defend against! thats what i would do any way so when kagawa comes in the middle hazard fill the wing....